Yes, please join geeklog-devtalk and post your question there. You will need to work with Dirk Haun mostly since he stewards the 1.3.x branch (I manage GL 2). He will give you his thoughts on this. I think initially he'll just apply the changes on your behalf (with due credit) and if you contribute later in a regular basis he may decide then to give you CVS access. But for now start with the list:
http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-devtalk --Tony On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Jannetta S Lewis wrote: > > What I would like is to allow the user to select whether he wants to > include the body and also whether he wants it in plain text or html. You > can also have the variable you suggest which would basically allow users > to have the option or not. So, if you are worried about the traffic for > the site, you switch the option off in config.php and users won't have the > choice. > > I however have two applications for wanting to send the whole body. The > first is for a personal site and the second is for a website I might be > designing for a client. We both want to be able to send a newsletter to > subscribers in a "nice" format, with pictures, as most readers have > windows mail clients. We also want the newsletter to appear on the > website, where new visitors can see it. I didn't want to re-invent the > wheel, but i wanted something fairly lightweight, hence my decision to use > Geeklog. > > For the moment, I have just changed changed COM_emailUserTopics() and it > seems to be working fine. I'll start using it for the personal website > which is aimed at my family and friends, and see how they like it. > > Can changes like these be contributed to the Geeklog code, or should I > just recommend it and hope the authors like it enough to take it up > themselves? I suppose I should now move my questions to the developers > list. > > Jannetta > > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Tony Bibbs wrote: > > > Yes, probably is worth it. Personally, I think we'd have to add a new > > config.php variable. Something like $_CONF['email_body'] that would > > indicate if stories should include the body or not. Personally I don't > > like emailing the whole thing because it, essentially, decreases traffic > > on the site. > > > > If you add that variable and do a check before you add the body to the > > message I'd be willing to put the changes into CVS. > > > > --Tony > > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Jannetta S Lewis wrote: > > > > > Hi Tony > > > > > > I have already done it. I was just wondering if it is not the kind of > > > thing that is worth taking up in the code permanently. Are there not other > > > people interested in doing the same thing? > > > > > > Jannetta > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Tony Bibbs wrote: > > > > > > > If you know any PHP it is simple. the COM_emailStories (or what ever > > > > function it is called) has a select that only gets the introtext. > > > > Modify > > > > it to get the bodytext too, concatenate that after the introtext is > > > > added > > > > and you are done. > > > > > > > > --Tony > > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Jannetta S Lewis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Folks > > > > > > > > > > In my previous message I asked whether it would be possible to send > > > > > the > > > > > complete article. It doesn't look like the functionality exists in > > > > > geeklog, but I had a quick look and it doesn't look like it will be > > > > > very > > > > > difficult to add. If it doesn't exist, I'll probably add some code to > > > > > send > > > > > a complete article in text and/or html. Would others also be > > > > > interested in > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================ > > > > > Jannetta S Lewis > > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > home page: http://bright-ideas.keystroke.info > > > > > ================================================================ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > geeklog-users mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > Tony Bibbs | "I guess you have to remember that those who don't > > > > | > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hunt or fish often see those of us who do as | > > > > | harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you > > > > | > > > > | think about it, that might be a fair assessment." > > > > | > > > > | --Unknown > > > > | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > geeklog-users mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================ > > > Jannetta S Lewis > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > home page: http://bright-ideas.keystroke.info > > > ================================================================ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > geeklog-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Tony Bibbs | "I guess you have to remember that those who don't | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hunt or fish often see those of us who do as | > > | harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you | > > | think about it, that might be a fair assessment." | > > | --Unknown | > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > geeklog-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users > > > > ================================================================ > Jannetta S Lewis > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > home page: http://bright-ideas.keystroke.info > ================================================================ > > > _______________________________________________ > geeklog-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| Tony Bibbs | "I guess you have to remember that those who don't | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hunt or fish often see those of us who do as | | harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you | | think about it, that might be a fair assessment." | | --Unknown | ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
